考研The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.

该公司是新英格兰的一家主要能源供应商，上周在佛蒙特州宣布违背遵守严格核法规的长期承诺，引发了合理的愤怒。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研Another urge or need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from is so intrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us.

这些花园似乎回应或产生的另一种冲动或需求是如此内在，以至于我们几乎从未意识到它对我们的持续要求。

2013年考研翻译原文

高考As their world expanded, she said, children compared themselves to others online in a way that was "hugely damaging in terms of their self-identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop themselves".

她说，随着世界的扩大，孩子们在网上与他人进行比较的方式“在自我认同、自信和自我发展能力方面都具有巨大的破坏性”。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold.

在北京奥运会上，她成为有史以来第一位获得100米奥运金牌的牙买加女子，消除了人们对她是否有能力始终如一地表现的怀疑。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching television is not related to reading ability.

但安德森认为，看电视的时间与阅读能力无关。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

儿童可能比科学家有更大的理解事物的能力。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

高考Digital technology—email and smart phones especially—have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office.

尤其是数字技术、电子邮件和智能手机大大提高了员工在传统办公室之外的工作效率。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Her eagerness to develop her reading ability.

她渴望发展自己的阅读能力。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考His son had the ability to fix it.

他的儿子有能力修理它。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考I found out that I have no artistic ability at all, and now I know for sure that I do not want to be an artist.

我发现自己根本没有艺术能力，现在我清楚地知道我不想成为一名艺术家。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

高考I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.

我不得不改变我对他们能力和潜力的态度。

2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

高考I was able to try new activities and test my ability.

我能够尝试新的活动，测试我的能力。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

高考If there is truly a concern about a professor's professionalism or ability, be sure to use online course evaluations to calmly offer your comments.

如果真的有人担心教授的专业性或能力，一定要使用在线课程评估冷静地提出你的意见。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to "air condition" a house without using electric equipment.

除了简单美观之外，土坯住宅令人钦佩的是，它们不使用电气设备就能“调节”房屋的空调。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

高考Large brains for their bodies and the ability to walk upright are two characteristics of human beings.

人类的两大特点是大脑体积大，身体发达，走路直立。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 题设

高考It didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, either.

它看起来没那么糟糕，而且在第一次波浪关闭了我的嗅觉之后，它也没有那么刺痛鼻子。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child's ability to think and to understand the world.

关于电视的一个传统观点是，它降低了孩子思考和理解世界的能力。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

兼职工作、家务、在学校的努力和处理问题的能力得分。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考She also operates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the goal of demonstrating that everyone has the ability to control what's on their plate.

她还开设了一个网站，分享她的秘诀和食谱，目的是证明每个人都有能力控制自己盘子里的食物。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities—and you'll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

所以，总是试着活得比你的能力稍高一点，你会发现你的能力比你想象的要大。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

然而，这种观点无法解释某些艺术作品在跨文化和跨世纪中激发人类思维的能力。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

高考The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

你学的越多，尝试的越多，你就越有能力控制你的饮食和日程安排。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考There is no doubt that this candidate's advantage lies in his ability to communicate with foreigners in English.

毫无疑问，这位候选人的优势在于他能用英语与外国人交流。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

高考This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney failures and death.

这会影响它们的神经系统和繁殖小鸟的能力，并可能导致肾衰竭和死亡。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new.

真正的创造力是接受现有事物并创造新事物的能力。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.

虽然对许多人来说这听起来像是一种优势，但患有这种罕见疾病的人往往会发现他们非同寻常的能力是一种负担。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The report's writers state that America's failure to invest in infrastructure impacts not only the health of the real-estate market, but also our ability to remain globally competitive.

报告作者指出，美国未能投资基础设施不仅影响房地产市场的健康，也影响我们保持全球竞争力的能力。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.

他们对努力持否定态度，认为必须努力工作是能力低下的表现。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级The author's experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.

作者的实验表明，思维定势固定的学生认为必须努力学习是能力低下的表现。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

错误会打击他们的自信心，因为他们把错误归因于缺乏能力，而他们感到无力改变。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级In particular, attributing poor performance to a lack of ability depresses motivation more than does the belief that lack of effort is to blame.

特别是，将糟糕的表现归因于缺乏能力比认为缺乏努力更能抑制动机。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mindset said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

把一个坏的等级归因于他们自己的能力缺乏，那些有固定心态的人说他们将来会学习更少，试着不再去接受这个主题，并在将来的考试中考虑作弊。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems.

另一组无助的孩子仅仅因为他们在较容易的问题上取得了成功而得到奖励，但并没有提高他们解决数学难题的能力。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级What distinguishes children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy from what they are doing.

儿童与成人的区别在于他们从所做的事情中获得快乐的强大能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级They can affect a person's ability to get a job and qualification for benefits.

它们会影响一个人获得工作的能力和获得福利的资格。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Building on a child's ability to feel joy, rather than pushing it aside, wouldn't be that hard.

建立一个孩子感受快乐的能力，而不是把快乐推到一边，这并不难。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级A child's ability to become deeply absorbed in something, and derive intense pleasure from that absorption, is something adults spend the rest of their lives trying to return to.

孩子能够深深地专注于某件事，并从中获得强烈的快乐，这是成年人余生都在努力恢复的能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级The ability to quickly thumb through pages is also lost.

快速浏览页面的功能也会丢失。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States

利用从科学、艺术和技术中获得的每一种可用工具和洞察力来解决未来问题的能力，以及利用当前机会的能力，将有助于他们和美国

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The importance of non-financial firms will accordingly rise, along with their ability to attract the best talent.

非金融企业的重要性将随之上升，它们吸引最佳人才的能力也将随之上升。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级I don't mean to imply that overall job growth doesn't have an impact on one's ability to land a job.

我的意思并不是说总体就业增长对一个人获得工作的能力没有影响。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated

但找到工作的人和没有找到工作的人的区别在于他们保持积极性的能力

2012年12月阅读原文

四级But in recent years the capital's culinary (烹饪的) scene has developed to the point that it is now confident of its ability to please the tastes of any international visitor.

但近年来首都的烹饪(烹饪的) 这一场景已经发展到现在，它有信心能够满足任何国际游客的口味。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego

一块睡的能力(整块时间) 夜间睡眠随着年龄的增长而减少，但我们需要的睡眠量并没有改变，”Drummond博士在圣地亚哥举行的美国科学进步协会会议上说

2011年6月阅读原文

四级A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground.

瑞典的一项研究表明，能够在自然环境中玩耍的幼儿园儿童比只在普通游乐场玩耍的儿童患病率低，身体能力强。

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Any research that suggests that abilities to perform certain behaviors are based in biology is controversial

任何表明行为能力是基于生物学的研究都是有争议的

2010年12月阅读原文

四级Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book.

他们抵抗几乎任何灾难的能力使他们看起来像漫画书中的人物。

2010年6月阅读原文

四级Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible

它抵御灾难的能力令人难以置信

2010年6月阅读原文

四级An increasingly important skill will be your ability to deal with change and even welcome it.

一项越来越重要的技能将是你应对变化甚至欢迎变化的能力。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Analytical skills are our ability to understand and solve problems using Information we have available.

分析技能是我们利用现有信息理解和解决问题的能力。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级As a result, they will help improve your ability to think.

因此，它们将有助于提高你的思考能力。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

把一个坏的等级归因于他们自己缺乏能力，那些头脑定型的人说他们将来会学习更少，试着再也不学那个科目，在将来的考试中考虑作弊。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级But because it's all digital it eliminates the used book market and eliminates any sharing and because homework and tests are through an access code, it eliminates any ability to opt out.

但因为它是全数字的，它消除了二手书市场，消除了任何共享，因为作业和测试都是通过访问代码进行的，所以它消除了任何选择退出的能力。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级If you understand the material and have the ability to articulate your thoughts, they should be a breeze.

如果你理解材料并有能力表达你的想法，它们应该是轻而易举的事。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级She was designed to slowly improve her ability to handle conversations, but some people were teaching Taylor racist ideas.

她被设计来慢慢提高自己处理对话的能力，但有些人在传授泰勒种族主义思想。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The most recent National Journal poll asked respondents about the American dream, what it takes to achieve their goals, and whether or not they felt a significant amount of control over their ability to be successful.

最新的《国家期刊》民意调查询问了受访者关于美国梦的情况，他们需要什么来实现自己的目标，以及他们是否觉得自己在很大程度上控制了自己的成功能力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级The report says America's urbanization will continue to be the most significant issue affecting the industry, as cities across the country imitate the walk ability and transit oriented development making cities like New York and San Francisco so successfu

报告说，美国的城市化将继续是影响工业的最重要的问题，因为全国的城市模仿步行能力和以交通为导向的发展，使得像纽约和旧金山这样的城市成为成功者。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级The team found that exerciser educed the speed of rapid eye movements by about 8%, preventing their ability to capture new visual information.

研究小组发现，锻炼者使眼球快速运动的速度降低了约8%，阻止了他们捕捉新视觉信息的能力。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Their babies retain the ability to produce their own chlorophyll, though they can't generate energy from sunlight until they've eaten enough algae to steal the necessary genes, which they can't yet produce on their own.

他们的孩子保留了自己产生叶绿素的能力，尽管他们在吃了足够多的海藻以窃取必要的基因之前无法从阳光中产生能量，而这些基因是他们自己还无法产生的。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级This gives rats the ability to detect slight smells.

这使老鼠能够察觉轻微的气味。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

四级This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to speculate that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals' genetic development.

这反过来又对它们的饮食产生重大影响，导致科学家推测，学习特定群体狩猎方法的能力可能会推动这些动物的基因发育。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

四级What kind of ability do analytical skills refer to in the passage?

文章中的分析技能指的是什么样的能力？

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级It underestimates students' ability to tell good teachers from poor ones.

它低估了学生区分好老师和差老师的能力。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age.

认知衰退是指随着年龄的增长，学习新技能或回忆单词、姓名和面孔的能力的丧失。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.

各国也在推进空间研究和卫星项目，以扩大其全球导航能力。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级The college students had cultivated the ability to ask questions, the cornerstone of critical thinking.

大学生培养了提出问题的能力，这是批判性思维的基石。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

十多年前，当时就读于范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先前知识应用于新环境的能力，而是他们称之为未来学习准备的素质。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Many first-generation college-goers have doubts about their abilities to get a college degree.

许多第一代大学生对自己获得大学学位的能力表示怀疑。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级It trains students' ability to design scientific experiments.

培养学生设计科学实验的能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级It cultivates students' ability to make scientific inquiries.

它培养学生进行科学探究的能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Instead of normalising the undesirable behaviour, the message needs to marginalise it, for example, by stating that if even one person buys yet another SUV, it reduces our ability to be energy-independent.

这条信息不是要让不良行为正常化，而是要将其边缘化，比如说，如果一个人再买一辆SUV，就会降低我们独立于能源的能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In the 1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee was content to ask for a sample of applicants'chool papers to assess their writing ability

20世纪30年代，只有十分之一的美国人拥有四年制大学的学位，招生委员会满足于要求申请人提供一份学校论文样本，以评估他们的写作能力

2013年12月阅读原文

六级In the old days, applicants only had to submit a sample of their school papers to show their writing ability

在过去，申请者只需提交一份学校论文样本就可以显示他们的写作能力

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Developing students' ability to apply what they learn.

培养学生应用所学知识的能力。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The aim is to ensure that employees have an explicit tool to help them understand their own abilities and aspirations, determine career possibilities, and set (usually short-ter goals.

其目的是确保员工拥有明确的工具，帮助他们了解自己的能力和抱负，确定职业可能性，并设定（通常是短期）目标。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级help employees make the best use of their abilities to achieve their career goals

帮助员工充分利用自己的能力实现职业目标

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer's agricultural life.

大量的工作、医院和教育，以及摆脱农民农业生活无聊的能力吸引着移民到城市。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级What we want to encourage in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.

我们希望鼓励这些学生进行积极的智力体验，培养优秀律师所需的各种复杂推理能力。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Professor Robert Summers at Cornell Law School banned laptop computers from his thinks qualified lawyers need to possess a broad array of complex reasoning abilities

康奈尔大学法学院的罗伯特·萨默斯（Robert Summers）教授在他的著作中禁止使用笔记本电脑。他认为，合格的律师需要具备广泛的复杂推理能力

2013年6月阅读原文

六级exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market.

出口正在增长，因为越来越多的外国人有能力购买我们生产和销售的东西。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级To be good leaders, managers must pay close attention to their own values, abilities and strengths.

要成为优秀的领导者，管理者必须密切关注自己的价值观、能力和优势。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students.

但这可能更多地与他们选择最好学生的能力有关。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job

学校留着钱，但孩子离开时背负着沉重的债务，没有学位，也没有能力找到更好的工作

2011年6月阅读原文

六级They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.

他们想知道经济危机是否会影响我们执行去年11月签署的协议的能力。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Their ability to deal with financial problems

他们处理财务问题的能力

2013年12月听力原文

六级It destroys the patient's ability to think.

它破坏了患者的思考能力。

2013年12月听力原文

六级They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual's ability to use language and remember things

他们认为，女孩大脑左侧的神经末梢比男孩发育得更快，正是这一侧大脑强烈地影响着一个人使用语言和记忆事物的能力

2012年12月听力原文

六级A 2016 study found that users had a "consistently positive attitude" about the giraff robot's ability to enhance communication and decrease feelings of loneliness.

2016年的一项研究发现，用户对giraff机器人增强交流和减少孤独感的能力持“一贯积极的态度”。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级A robot's appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the riKEN-Tri Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks like a huge teddy bear.

机器人的外观会影响其与人类成功互动的能力，这就是为什么人类互动机器人研究的riKEN Tri协作中心决定开发一种看起来像巨大泰迪熊的机器人护士的原因。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to self-regulate.

但是，对大多数人来说，随着我们道德感和自我调节能力的发展，撒谎变得有限。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may "create serious problems for food security" in the country.

尼日利亚农业部长奥杜·奥格贝（Audu Ogbeh）警告说，这种害虫可能会给该国的粮食安全带来严重问题，因为这种蛾子也能攻击辣椒和土豆等作物。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级However, they're more cautious about sharing information with nonmembers, as the organization guards against others developing the ability to hiJack and take control of their satellites.

然而，他们在与非成员共享信息时更为谨慎，因为该组织防范其他人发展劫持和控制其卫星的能力。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级I found that this ability to instantly shift my attention was often a good thing, like when passing time on public transportation.

我发现这种瞬间转移注意力的能力通常是一件好事，比如在公共交通工具上打发时间。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation b

十多年前，范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先验知识应用于新情况的能力

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级piaget argued that once adolescents enter the world of work, their newly acquired ability to form hypotheses allows them to create representations that are too ideal.

皮亚杰认为，一旦青少年进入工作世界，他们新获得的形成假设的能力使他们能够创造出过于理想的表象。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级Psychologists call them "masters of deception", those rare individuals with a natural ability to tell, with complete confidence, when someone is telling a lie.

心理学家称他们为“欺骗大师”，当有人说谎时，这些人天生就有能力完全自信地说出谎言。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级So it is not really your memory letting you down—just your ability to retrieve information from it.

因此，让你失望的并不是你的记忆，而是你从中检索信息的能力。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级So we evolve the ability to sweat plentifully and lost most of our fur.

因此，我们进化出大量出汗的能力，失去了大部分皮毛。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C